Posting Up With Sully: Losing’s part of the game

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 -- Anonymous (not verified)

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

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Jared Sullinger

(Jared Sullinger recently told the media that prior to his NBA career, he had never endured a losing streak of more than one game. In today’s blog, the Celtics rookie talks about dealing with the Celtics’ recent six-game losing streak.)

For as long as I can remember, I never lost more than one game in a row. It didn’t happen in high school, I don’t think it happened in AAU, and it didn’t happen at Ohio State, either.

But that’s an adjustment I had to make in the NBA. No team is able to play like that. You’re going to lose more than one game in a row. It’s just the way of the league.

When we lost six games in a row, it really tested our patience, but the guys we have on this team are good at not letting it affect them.

What I have learned from guys like KG and Paul is that you can’t get too high or too low. You need that even keel to play every night, and that is the way you get out of a slump, by staying focused and disciplined. And we did that.

We have great veteran leadership on this team, which is good for a young player like me. You learn how to deal with adversity. I know not to let something like a losing streak affect me too much. All I can do is go out every night and compete, and the great thing about this league is that if you lose, you play again the next night. You end up with a great chance to make up for went wrong right away.